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A little bit about Anna…

Thought I’d share how Anna’s reading is going!  She’s just doing AWESOME with the book (link to book will be in my sidebar soon) and is almost done.  My goal is to have her completely finished with it by her birthday next month.  Here is what she read yesterday.  It’s actually part 2 of a story she has read earlier in the book.

The Gold Cat and the Black Cat

A girl had a cat that talked.  Her cat was big and black.  she loved her cat, but when it was time to sleep, the cat talked and talked and talked.  The girl said, “I must get some sleep.”

Then she said, “I will get a cat that can not talk.  When my black cat is having fun with the other cat, my black cat will not talk, talk, talk.”

So the girl got a cat.  This cat ws little and gold.  She said to the little gold cat, “When my black cat meets you, she will like you.”

The black cat did like the gold cat.  They ran and they jumped.  They bit socks and bit cat tails.  Then they sat, but the black cat did not stop talking.

The black cat said to the other cat, “How are things going with you?”

But the gold cat did not talk back.  The gold cat started to sing.  And that cat did not stop singing.

So now the girl has 2 cats that do not let her sleep.  She has a cat that talks, talks, talks and she has a cat that sings, sings, sings.

The End.

And here are some photos of Anna’s new double-layer pillowcase dress that I made yesterday.  SO CUTE!!!  A bit too poofy (should have used lighter fabrics) but still really cute.  :)  It fits Lindsey too!  :)  Anna calls it her Tinkerbell dress.

Fun Christmas Videos

Girls playing with their new Magnetic Fishing Bath Toys.  Rich Frog makes the BEST terry cloth bath toys ever!!!

Anna opening her new Barbie scooter.  She yells “aufräumen” at the end of the video, which is the German phrase for clean up.  :)  So cute!

Lindsey trying out her new roller blades for the very first time as Anna zooms by on her new Barbie scooter.  Lindsey has been using her roller blades NON-STOP since this video was taken.  Ahe loves them!

Snow & Pajamas

I love it when it snows! We have a TON of snow right now!!!! The girls have been out in the back yard all afternoon and we’ve had a steady stream of cold, hungry hummingbirds since dawn!

While the girls threw snowballs and made snow angels, I finished their Christmas Kitty pajama/lounge sets. I say “pajama/lounge” because they can easily be worn in public, but they’re so comfy the girls sleep in them. LOL I made the pants a few weeks ago, but I finally got around to making the matching tops this afternoon. The tops turned out SO ADORABLE!!! I used a neat fusable interfacing to give the kitty fabric a little stiffness – this particular interfacing has double-sided stickiness (hot iron sets it) so it made them really simple to put on the shirts. Then to clean up the look, I trimmed them in the shimmery red ric-rac to match their pant cuffs.

If you look really close, Anna is holding a new “Pocket Bear” that I made too. I took the digital Scrappy Bear pattern and shrunk it. :) Anna loves anything mini, so she immediately claimed it as her own. :) Seriously, give her any toy smaller than her hand and she freaks out. :)

New Pajamas and Pocket Bear

New Pajamas and Pocket Bear

New Pajamas

New Pajamas

Think Anna likes them?

Think Anna likes them?

Losing a pet…

We had to say goodbye to our beloved Cloe last night.  After 11 years, her body gave out on her.  According to the vet, not only did she have an infection, but cancer had spread to every inch of her body.  We still have her wonderful sister, Pepper to hug on and keep us company now.

Someone in Heaven must have needed a big yellow kitty to purr, head-butt and drool on them.  :)

Girls with Cloe